Gregory D. Pike

Gregory Pike is a trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in litigation throughout California resulting in more than 25 favorable jury verdicts. He represents individuals, corporations and other entities in civil prosecution of fraud under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act, unfair business practices under California’s Unfair Competition Law, and whistleblower suits against doctors, chiropractors, attorneys, corporate officers and directors, and other individuals and entities engaging in fraud and unfair or fraudulent business practices. These cases often include and are predicated upon fraudulent, false or misleading insurance claims prohibited by California Penal Code sections 549 and 550, prohibited self-referral, illegal kickbacks and fee-splitting, and violations of the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act.

The healthcare fraud schemes Greg has prosecuted include unlicensed lay ownership and operation of “sham” medical or chiropractic clinics, illegal and improper use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes on billing statements, including up-coding and unbundling and for employing cappers, runners or steerers to solicit and secure patients. Additionally, he represents clients, including Fortune 500 Companies, in personal injury, product liability and premise liability litigation, with an emphasis on large exposure cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Greg has successfully prosecuted and defended cases based upon negligence, premises liability, products liability and defective design/condition.

• “Ethics in the Fight Against Fraud,” 24th Annual Anti-Fraud Training Conference (March 2013)
• “Limiting the Recovery of Past Medical Expenses; Where Are We Now?,” NCFIA Quarterly Meeting (2011)
• “The Fine Art of Taking and Defending Depositions,” Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada (2010, 2011)
• “The Expedited Jury Trial: An Alternative for California Litigants,” Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada Defense Comment (Fall 2010)
• “Just Compensation and No More- Hanif and Howell,” Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada (2010)
• “Overcoming Resistance to the Discovery of Information Related to the Sale of Medical Services Liens,” NCFIA Quarterly Newsletter (Summer 2010)
• “Fearsome Twosome! Consider Greer and Olsen When Proving Nishihama Damages,” Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada (2008)
• “Hanif/Nishihama Reductions After Greer v. Buzgheia,” Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada Defense Comment (Summer 2007)
• “Premises Liability Case Preparation and Trial,” National Business Institute (2007)
• “How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in California,” National Business Institute (2001, 2002 and 2008)
• “Trying the Automobile Injury Case in California,” National Business Institute (2001 and 2002)

• Member, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada (1988-present)
  • President (2012-2013)
  • Member of the Board of Directors (2007-2014)
• Member, Anti-Fraud Alliance (1993-present)